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President Donald Trump quickly signed an executive order to end birthright citizenship after taking office in January 2025.
“We are the only Country in the World STUPID enough to allow ‘Birthright’ Citizenship!” Trump noted on social media the day the high court heard oral arguments in the case.
Courtroom observers said most justices seemed skeptical of the order and viewed the Constitution’s language on the issue, contained within the Fourteenth Amendment, as plain and clear.
Justice Ketanji Brown-Jackson left many scratching their heads with a confusing and frankly bizarre response to the Trump administration’s arguments in defending the order.
“I was thinking, I, a U.S. citizen, am visiting Japan. And what it means is that if I steal someone’s wallet in Japan, the Japanese authorities can arrest me and prosecute me,” Jackson said.
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